Places Petronille Wants to Go

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

Once a path for Jewish funeral processions, this unassuming alleyway is rich in local lore.

Is this statue at Naumberg Cathedral the fairest of them all?

A serious museum dedicated to two German comedians.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.

This natural history museum houses one of the world's largest rat kings, a terrifying jumble of tangled rodents.

Inside this Jewish cemetery is a memorial to soldiers who deserted the German army and were executed.

Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.

The natural mummy of the less than chivalrous Knight Kahlbutz.

A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.

At this cemetery, artists are invited to design their own gravestones.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

An old tram depot transformed into a vintage car paradise.

This beautiful 19th-century temple stands atop the ruins of its predecessor.

The scars of World War II are preserved on its walls.

This sprawling Jewish cemetery is one of the largest in Europe.

A rare example of a German cemetery with traditional grave markers dating back several generations.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

A century-old shot ball factory tower is open to the public once a year.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.